Multiaxis redundant fly-by-wire primary flight control system
CA 2095616 C · Owner: The Boeing Company · Inventors: Buus, Henning
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A redundant, multi-channel fly-by-wire control system for use in an aircraft is, disclosed. The system includes a left flight control channel (60) a center , flight, control channel (80) and a right flight control channel (90). Each control channel is, capable of flying the aircraft in the event the other two channels fail. Included within, each control channel is an actuator controller electronics unit (ACE (62 82, 92)), which transmits a series of pilot control transducer signals to a set of primary flight, computers (64, 84, and 94). The primary flight computers combine the pilot control, transducer signals with data obtained from an air data and inertial reference unit (145), to …
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- Filed May 5, 1993 and granted November 26, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 5, 2013.
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